Pronunciation

Tupi Antigo pronunciation is fairly straightforward. We are borrowing the orthography and pronunciation guide from Navarro.

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Navarro	IPA	Example	Translation
	ʔ	rendering... rendering...	animal
	a	rendering... rendering...	hair
	ˈa	rendering... rendering...	man; indigenous man
	ã	rendering... rendering...	woman
	β	rendering... rendering...	village
	e	rendering... rendering...	sleep
	ˈɛ	rendering... rendering...	flight
	ɛ̃	rendering... rendering...	really, actually
	w	rendering... rendering... , rendering... rendering...	Marmosets
	i	rendering... rendering...	flour
	ˈi	rendering... rendering...	poor, bad
	j	rendering... rendering...	we, us (incl.)
	k	rendering... rendering...	afternoon
	kʷ	rendering... rendering...	yesterday
	m	rendering... rendering...	other
	mb	rendering... rendering...	thing
	mbʷ	rendering... rendering...	dead body (human or animal)
	mʷ	rendering... rendering...	rude, fake, mocking
	n	rendering... rendering...	pineapple
	nd	rendering... rendering...	You
	ndʷ	rendering... rendering...	anteater
end-word	ŋ	rendering... rendering...	to speak
mid-word	ŋɡ	rendering... rendering...	word, discourse, language
	ŋɡʷ	rendering... rendering...	Old Devil nickname of bandeirante
	ɲ	rendering... rendering...	to think, reflect (etim. - to converse with oneself)
	o	rendering... rendering...	Black-crowned night heron
	ˈɔ	rendering... rendering...	this, these
	ɔ̃	rendering... rendering...	only
	p	rendering... rendering...	hand
	pʲ	rendering... rendering...	to see
	pʷ	rendering... rendering...	juice
	r	rendering... rendering...	christian, saint, white man
	s	rendering... rendering...	mother
	sʷ	rendering... rendering...	gun
	t	rendering... rendering...	fire
	u	rendering... rendering...	sad
	ˈu	rendering... rendering...	eat
	ũ	rendering... rendering...	friend
	ʃ	rendering... rendering...	I
	ɨ	rendering... rendering...	water, river
	ˈɨ	rendering... rendering...	feathered headdress
	ɨ	rendering... rendering...	man, male
	ɨ̃	rendering... rendering...	without